The First Six Years 1963-69

capital expenditures o f the Colleges and those for the central activities o f the University, before transmitting them to the Finance Committee o f the Council ； (d) to review all proposed academic and administrative appoint­ ments by the Colleges and the University that are at and above the level o f Tutors and Demonstrators or their equiva­ lent (except College Presidents and Vice-Presidents) before these appointments are made by the appropriate authorities ； (e) to be informed o f all clerical and technical appointments by the Colleges and the University; (f) to deal w ith other matters referred to it by the Council. In practice ， the AAPC is the body to which suggestions flow and from which decisions and recommendations emanate. I t reports to the Council through the Vice-Chancellor. An Academic Planning Committee (APG) was established under the Senate on May 2 0，1969 to develop academic plans. The Committee consists o f the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman and the three College Presidents ， three Faculty Deans and three elected staff representatives as members. This Committee devotes its entire attention to policies, ideas and suggestions on academic program mes, and reports to the Senate through the Vice-Chancellor. When the Central Office was moved to the new campus site at Shatin in March 1969, the University acquired a home-base in the physical sense. Two important decisions relating to the adm in i strative structure o f the University were made to meet urgent needs. First ， the Finance and Business Sections o f the Central Office were separated from the University Registry and a University Bursar's Office was established on Ju ly 1 ， 1969. The University Bursar is responsible for budgeting ， accounting ， expenditure con tro l o f recurrent funds and other business affairs. Development o f The Chinese University campus represents a monumental task. The need to establish a central agency to oversee ， adjust and co-ordinate the development efforts in accord ance w ith the Master Development Plan was immediately ap parent. To meet this need, the Physical Development Division was established and a D irector appointed on September 1 ，1969， to serve also as Comptroller o f the Building Expenditures Un it. The University Buildings Office was placed under the jurisd iction o f the Division Director. The task o f ensuring that the bu ilding programme over the next several years proceeds according to schedule and w ith in the approved capital budget rests w ith the Director o f the Physical Development Division. Complementing the Colleges ， which conduct undergraduate teaching in accordance w ith academic programmes approved by 8